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Millennium

  • 19891989
  • PGPG
  • 1h 48m
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
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Millennium (1989)
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An NTSB investigator seeking the cause of an airline disaster meets a warrior woman from 1000 years in the future.An NTSB investigator seeking the cause of an airline disaster meets a warrior woman from 1000 years in the future.An NTSB investigator seeking the cause of an airline disaster meets a warrior woman from 1000 years in the future.
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POPULARITY
15,491
13
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    • Director
      • Michael Anderson
    • Writer
      • John Varley(short story "Air Raid")
    • Stars
      • Kris Kristofferson
      • Cheryl Ladd
      • Daniel J. Travanti
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Michael Anderson
    • Writer
      • John Varley(short story "Air Raid")
    • Stars
      • Kris Kristofferson
      • Cheryl Ladd
      • Daniel J. Travanti
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 79User reviews
    • 41Critic reviews
    • 26Metascore
    • Awards
      • 6 nominations

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    Top cast

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    Kris Kristofferson
    Kris Kristofferson
    • Bill Smith
    Cheryl Ladd
    Cheryl Ladd
    • Louise Baltimore
    Daniel J. Travanti
    Daniel J. Travanti
    • Arnold Mayer
    Robert Joy
    Robert Joy
    • Sherman
    Lloyd Bochner
    Lloyd Bochner
    • Walters
    Brent Carver
    • Coventry
    David McIlwraith
    David McIlwraith
    • Tom Stanley
    Maury Chaykin
    Maury Chaykin
    • Roger Keane
    Al Waxman
    Al Waxman
    • Dr. Brindle
    Lawrence Dane
    Lawrence Dane
    • Vern Rockwell
    Thomas Hauff
    Thomas Hauff
    • Ron Kennedy
    Peter Dvorsky
    Peter Dvorsky
    • Janz
    Raymond O'Neill
    • Harold Davis
    Philip Akin
    • Briley
    David Calderisi
    David Calderisi
    • Leacock
    Gary Reineke
    • Carpenter
    Eugene Clark
    Eugene Clark
    • Craig Ashby
    Cedric Smith
    Cedric Smith
    • Eli Seibel
    • Director
      • Michael Anderson
    • Writer
      • John Varley(short story "Air Raid") (screenplay)
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The outdoor set used for the 747 crash site was so convincing that pilots landing at Toronto Airport were radioing in what they thought was a recent airplane crash.
    • Goofs
      As Louise enters the bar, her hair is flat. When she is shown inside, suddenly, her hair is permed.
    • Quotes

      Louise Baltimore: Your mother was a cash register!

      Sherman: And she turned a tidy profit.

    • Alternate versions
      Two different endings of this film exist. The first simply shows the destruction of Futureworld after Bill and Louise step through the Gate. The second shows an actual trip through the Gate after Futureworld is destroyed.
    • Connections
      Featured in In Search of Tomorrow (2022)

    User reviews79

    Review
    Top review
    6/10
    A mixed bag
    Millennium is mixed bag. The script is reasonably good - not too exciting, but thoughtful and well constructed. But there are some problems that drag the movie down.

    The romance/relationship at the heart of the story is not bad, and has been unfairly panned. It's actually one of the strengths of the story. Kristofferson does a good job of playing a rather dull character without a lot going for him... a working stiff without much of a life, who wakes up a bit when he meets Cheryl Ladd's character.

    Ladd underplays her part nicely, with a nice understanding of the nuances and double meanings of some of her dialogue. The directing is fine, low key, and the editing is good (apart from the ending, which I doubt was the editor's choice). The script sparkles most when it deals with Ladd's character, her difficulties in communicating across a profound cultural barrier, her inadvertently humorous faux pas when interacting with a world very different from her own. The "cigarette scene" in the restaurant is a classic.

    There are some problems, mainly around the ending, some of the acting on the part of the minor characters, and the character of Sherman. I won't reveal the ending, but I will say it was disappointing, and probably responsible for the cool reception the film received. The robot Sherman is poorly designed and conceptualized, and drags down the rest of the story. It's not a question of budget, in Sherman's case, but of someone without a good intuitive feeling for science fiction concepts, making decisions about that character. He's not campy, to my mind, he's an embarrassment.

    Some people posting here have complained about the dialogue. I think they may be missing the profound reason for Ladd's character's odd choices of words, and what the words reveal about her. Others have complained about the scenes that are shown twice, telling the same story from different points of view. I can understand that people looking for a more action packed movie could have been bored by these scenes, but they do reveal key information; they're not just reruns of the first, they're revelations. They're an effective device for showing the parallel but very different points of view of the key characters.

    In sum, Millennium is a reasonably good but not great movie. It's frustrating because a genuinely good movie could be made from the existing footage if the robot was redone (redesigned digitally after the fact and given a better voice and better dialogue), and if the final voice-over was omitted. But I still like watching it and appreciate the elements that are successful in the movie.
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    • Aug 11, 2007

    Details

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    • Release date
      • August 25, 1989 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Canada
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Millennium - Die 4. Dimension
    • Filming locations
      • Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Production companies
      • First Millenium Partnership
      • Gladden Entertainment
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $5,777,099
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $1,614,692
      • Aug 27, 1989
    • Gross worldwide
      • $5,777,099
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 48 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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